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Children born in Serbia after NATO bombing prone to cancer, the commission says (Beta, B92)

"Children born (in Serbia) between 1999 and 2015 have been exposed to a toxic factor that caused them to be susceptible to malignant diseases."

An investigation by a commission set up to look into the consequences of NATO’s 1999 bombing of Serbia, presented on Tuesday, showed this.

The commission's president, Darko Laketic, told reporters at the Serbian National Assembly that this study focused only on children, because they are less exposed to other risk factors such as smoking.

Insufficient reserves of oxygen, reserves of medicaments in the south on verge (B92, Radio KIM, RTS)

Reserves of oxygen for patients in the north of Kosovo are small and insufficient, Director of the Health Centre in Mitrovica North, Milan Ivanovic said, Radio KIM Reports. “There are reserves now, however, they are insufficient and won’t last long.

“If taxes are not lifted, there would be serious issue with medical supply” (RTS, Tanjug, B92)

Patients who visit the health institutions in Kosovo and Metohija would receive all necessary help and medicament and it would be like that in the following days, Serbian Minister of Health, Zoran Loncar said. However, he warned if the blockade continues there would be a serious problem, since health institutions in Kosovo and Metohija would not be able to function. He also added, the state of Serbia thinks about its citizens and would provide what is necessary in order to avoid humanitarian disaster. Loncar said when migrants’ crisis erupted, Serbia received many calls from different organ